The 2023 JKTS Awards: and the Nominees Are...

Over the past two weeks, you've been nominating your Broadway favorites in a variety of categories not covered by The Tony Awards. Well, the hundreds of nominations have been tabulated, and it's pretty terrific to say that only one musical production was completely left out. Further, every single one of our suggested choices received multiple votes, all ten categories also had write-in nominees, and a few of your write-ins made it to the final ballot! I think all of that speaks to the wide variety of high-quality productions this season.

The voting for this year's awards will begin next Monday, May 15th!

So... without further ado, here are your nominees:

The 2023 JKTS Awards:
The Nominations!

Outstanding Broadway Debut:

Justin Cooley - Kimberly Akimbo

Caroline Innerbichler - Shucked

Kennedy Kanagawa - Into the Woods

Melanie La Barrie - & Juliet

Julia Lester - Into the Woods
Casey Likes - Almost Famous
Solea Pfeiffer - Almost Famous
Luna - KPOP
Ben Jackson Walker - & Juliet 
Chris Wood - Almost Famous

Outstanding Ensemblist:

Jimmy Brewer - Shucked

Bobby "Pocket" Horner - & Juliet

Kolton Krouse - Bob Fosse's Dancin'

Raymond J. Lee - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

J. Savage - Bad Cinderella

Outstanding Special Ensemble Group:

The Players - & Juliet

Stillwater - Almost Famous

The Hunks - Bad Cinderella

The Show Choir - Kimberly Akimbo

F8 - KPOP

Outstanding Onstage Pair:

May and Francois - & Juliet

William Miller and Penny Lane - Almost Famous

Arthur and Guenevere - Camelot

Kimberly and Seth - Kimberly Akimbo

Leo and Lucille Frank - Parade

Outstanding New Broadway Song:

"Everybody's Coming Together" - Almost Famous

"Morocco" - Almost Famous

"Better" - Kimberly Akimbo

"Great Adventure" - Kimberly Akimbo

"Independently Owned" - Shucked

Outstanding Solo Number:

"No Friends" - Casey Likes - Almost Famous

"Better" - Bonnie Milligan - Kimberly Akimbo

"Super Star" - Luna - KPOP

"Music, Money, Love" - Colton Ryan - New York, New York

"Independently Owned" - Alex Newell - Shucked

Outstanding Duet:

"I Know You" - Grace McLean and Carolee Carmello - Bad Cinderella

"I Am, I Said" - Will Swensen and Mark Jacoby - A Beautiful Noise

"It Takes Two" - Sara Bareilles and Brian d'Arcy James - Into the Woods

"This Is Not Over Yet" - Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond - Parade

"Friends" - Caroline Innerbichler and Alex Newell - Shucked

Outstanding Production Number:

"Roar" - & Juliet

"Fever Dog Bows" - Almost Famous

"How to Wash a Check" - Kimberly Akimbo

"Blast Off!" - KPOP

"Some Like It Hot" - Some Like it Hot

Outstanding Staged Curtain Call:

& Juliet

Almost Famous

Bad Cinderella

Bob Fosse's Dancin'

KPOP

Outstanding Projections:

Andrezj Goulding - & Juliet

Derek McLane - Almost Famous

59 Productions - Camelot

Peter Nigrini - KPOP

Sven Ortel - Parade

Outstanding Social Media Presence:

& Juliet

Into the Woods

Kimberly Akimbo

Shucked

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

You may have noticed that there are now 11 categories. We decided to split the Solos and Duets into separate categories due to the overwhelming number of votes.

Nomination totals:

Almost Famous - 11

& Juliet - 9

Kimberly Akimbo - 8

KPOP - 6

Shucked - 6

Bad Cinderella - 4

Into the Woods - 4

Parade - 3

Bob Fosse's Dancin' - 2

Camelot - 2

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 2

A Beautiful Noise - 1

New York, New York - 1

Some Like It Hot - 1